Method of making pentachloroaniline and certain new n-substituted pentachloroanilines and alkyl tetrachloro analogs



Albert L. Rocklin, Concord, Calif., asslgnor to been unsatisfactory.

F PENTACHLOROANILINE I AND CERTAIN NEW N-SUBSTITUTED PENTA- ILINES ANDALKYL TETRACHLORO Chemical Company, Midland, Mich., a, corporation ofDelaware -Applicatiou.Septemher 13, 1955 Serial No. 534,154

18 Claims. (Cl. 260-5705) No Drawing.

This invention relates to a method of making pentav chloroanil-ine andcertain new N-subs'tituted pentachloroanilines from hexachlorobenzene,and of ;making-alkyl tetrachloroan-ilines from alkylpentachlorobenzenes, in

which the allzyl group has from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and

I v "to the new compounds so produced.

There are many fields in which polychloroaromatic Compounds are useful,including, for example, the field of plasticizers for polyvinylchloride, the field of fire-retardant coatings, and the field of weatherresistant wood impregnants. In addition, a polychloroaromatic nucleuswould be a desirable adjunct to amino compounds used to cure polyepoxideresins, or .as hydrogen chloride absorbing stabilizers andplasticizers of polyvinyl chloride or polyvinylidene chloride, becauseof the increased compatibility and better light stability which thepolychloroaromatic group can contribute to such amino compounds.

The optimum chlorine content for such an amine is the maximum amountcapable of being substituted on the benezene ring. In the case ofaniline and N-substituted anilines, this is :a pentachloroderivative,.while in the case of anilines having an alkyl group attached tothebenzene ring, it is a tetrachloro derivative.

The prior methods for making pentachloroaniline have These have involvedeither the chlorination of aniline, to form a'crude mixture at best, orthe reduction of pentachloronitrobenzene, or'the reaction betweenalcoholic anhydrous ammonia and hexachlorobenzene at temperatures above220 C. and at pressures of the order of 100 atmospheres. Each of theseprocedures is difiicult enough for preparing pentachloroaniline, and isimpossible for the preparation of many desirable N-substitutedpentachloroanilines. A better and more convenient method for makingpentachloroaniline isdesired, and especially such a-methodwhich.isapplicableaswell to-the productionof new N-sub- .stitutedpentachloroanilines, such as the secondary and tertiarypentachlorophenyl alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyallcyl and amino-alkyl amines.It is the object ofthis invention to provide such an improved method,and to produce new compounds of the types just named. I

According to the method of the present invention,

pentachloroaniline and its N-su bstituted alkyl, :alkenyl,

hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl and related derivatives may be made readily, atmoderate pressures often as low as atmospheric and at reactiontemperatures in the range The method of the invention, is applicable tothe preparation of 2,3,4,5,6-pentachloroaniline and such N-substitutedanilines' as the N-pentachlorophenyl' monoand dialkylamines .wherein thealkyl 'groups'have from 1 to :Scarhon atoms, N-pentachlorophenylallylamine, N'-p'ent-a- United States Patent .0

The Dow ice 2 chlorophenyl monoand dialkanolamines wherein the alkanolgroups have from2 to 3 carbon atoms, N-pentachlorophenyl:alkanolaminoalkyl amines in which each alkanol and alkylamine groupcontains from 2 to 3 carbon atoms, mono-N-pentachlorophenylpolymethylene diamines in which the polymethylene group has from2 to 6carbon atoms, bis-(N-pentachlorophenyl) polymethylene diamines in whichthe polymethylene group contains from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, andN-pentachlorophenyl benzyl and phenethyl amines. It is applicable aswell to the preparation of the corresponding alkyl tetrachloroanilinecompounds from the alkyl pentachlorobenzenes in which the alkyl groupcontains from 1 to 8 carbon atoms. Allof the primary and secondaryamine'prodnets of the new process are useful as curing agents for epoxyresins-the resinous reaction products of polyhydric alcoholsori-polyhydric phenols with such haloepoxides as epichlorohydrin. Thosecompounds which have two or more carbon atoms in a group or groupsattached to the nitrogen atom of pentachloro-aniline, i. e., all of thecompounds listed above except pentachloroaniline itself and itsmono-N-methyl substitution product, are compatible with polyvinylchloride and with vinylidene chloride-vinyl chloride copolymers, inconcentrations sufficient to serve as hydrogen chloride absorbingstabilizers for the polymers, and some of them are addition-ally usefulas plasticizers for such polymers.

The following examples illustrate the method of the invention, anddescribe numerous new compounds produced by that'method.

Example 1 To 800 ml. of boiling ethylene diamine (117 C.) was added overthe course of 30 minutes grams of hexachlorobenzene. The resultingsolution was boiled-for l5 minutes longer and then cooled to roomtemperature and diluted to a volume of 3 liters with water. A heavywhite precipitate appeared which was recovered by filtration, washedwith water, and dried. Its dry weight was 103.7 grams, representing ayield of 96 percent of white crystalline N-pentachlorophenyl ethylenediamine, melt.- ing at 9193' C. Titration of an aqueous methanolsolution with acid showed the product to have an equivalent weight ofabout 312, compared to the theoretical value of 308.4.

Example 2 Percent Percent Percent Percent Determined 31.0 1. 9 54. 7 4.9 Theoretical 31. 0 1. 95 57. 3 ,4 52

Example 3 Hexachlorobenzene was dissolved in and reacted with boilingbenzyl-amine (3.). A white crystalline N-pentachlorophenylbenzlyarnine'was obtained in nearly theoretical yield, melting at 68 C.Carbon and chlorine analyses agreed with theoretical values.

(167 10?) and hexa'chlorobenzene was added, 'with stirring. Whensolution was complete, he'ating'was con! 'tinuedfor 30 minutes. Thesolution was cooled and diluted with water. A pale yellow oil separated,and this was purified by vacuum distillation. The N-pentachlorophenyl2-ethylhexylamine distilled at 168 C.-l72

C. at 0.4 millimeter. It is an oily liquid whose analysis corresponds tothat for C Cl Nl-ICH(C H )C H This compound is especially good as aplasticizer for polyvinyl chloride.

Example 5 solid was dissolved in hot methanol, decolorized withactivated charcoal, and recrystallized after filtering off the.charcoal. The crystals were dissolved in isobutyl alcohol and, onrecrystallization, had a melting point of l-l0l C. Their analysis agreedclosely with that for C CI NHCH The yield was over 60 percent.

Example 6 One hundred and fifty grams of hexachlorobenzene was mixedwith 200 ml. of n-octylamine, and the mixture was heated to the boilingpoint (initially about 180 C.) at atmospheric pressure. After boilingfor one hour, the boiling point of the mixture had increased to 241 C.The mixture was cooled and diluted with water. The organic layer wasseparated and washed repeatedly with water. Residual water and 10.5grams of unreacted hexachlorobenzene were removed by distillation. Theremaining amine melted at 75 C. and distilled at 180 C. at 0.6 mm. Theproduct, weighing 179.3 grams, represented a yield of 96 percent basedon the unrecovered hexachlorobenzcnc. The product is a secondary amine,and analysis showed it to be N-pentachlorophenyl n-octylamine. t

Calculated Found Percent Example 7 Five grams of hexachlorobenzene and25 ml. of allylamine (B. P. 53 C.) were sealed in a glass-lined pressurevessel and heated in the course of 30 minutes to 150 C. The temperaturewas held in the range from 150 to 175 C. for two hours and then thevessel was cooled to room temperature in the course of 30 minutes. Thereaction mixture was a clear, amber liquid from which an organic liquidphase separated upon dilution with water. The organic phase solidifiedwhen cold. It was melted, washed with water, with dilute hydrochloricacid and with more water. The remaining product was crystallized frommethanol and recrystallized from aqueous methanol. TheN-pentachlorophenyl allylamine melted at 68'69 C. Analysis showed it tobe a secondary amine and to contain 35.5 percent carbon and 58.9 percentchlorine. The theoretical values are 35.4 and 58.04 percent,respectively.

Example 8 N-pentachlorophenyl N'-hydroxyethyl ethylene diamine wasprepared by heating 25 grams of hexachlorobenzene and 100 grams ofN-(mono-hydroxyethyl)"ethylene diamine at 190 C. for 15 minutes. Aclear, amber liquid was formed. The liquid was cooled, washed twice withwater and then with a hydrochloric acid-sodium The mixture was dilutedwith water and was filtered. The

chloride solution, whereupon a granular by-product was precipitated.This was removed by filtration and the filtrate was neutralized withsodium hydroxide, resulting in precipitation of an impure product. Theproduct was crystallized successively from methanol, water andperchloroethylene, with small amounts of by-product separating and beingejected each time. After decolorizing its perchloroethylene solutionwith charcoal, the crystalline product was recrystallized from 65percent methanol--35 percent water. The crystalsmelt in the range from85 to 89 C. The product was found to contain 34 percent carbon and 51percent chlorine.

Example 9 About 240 grams of hexamethyl'ene diamine was preheated to120-130 C. and 50 grams of hexachlorobenzene was added. Solutionoccurred in about 10 minutes, and the solution was held near 125 C. for15 minutes thereafter. The solution was cooled and diluted to a volumeof 400 ml. with water. An organic layer separated, consisting of aviscous liquid and unreacted hexachlorobenzene. The liquid was taken upin methanol and was then purified by distillation at 194 C. at 0.4 mm.The distillate crystallized and the crystalline product melted at 58-61C. It has an equivalent weight, determined by acid titration, of 375whereas the theoretical value for mono-(N-pentachlorophenyl)hexamethylene diamine is 365. Analysis showed it to contain 39.6 percentcarbon and 47.8 percent chlorine, with the theoretical values being 39.5and 48.6 percent respectively.

Example 10 The reagents identified in Example 9 were employed, this timein equimolar proportions of 6.57 grams of the diamine and 16.08 grams ofthe hexachlorobenzene. To the mixture was added 5.0 grams of sodiumhydroxide. The mixture was heated in a closed vessel to C. over thecourse of an hour and held at that temperature for 2.5 hours. On coolingand dilution with water, the solid organic phase was melted and washedtwice with hot water. The solid was dissolved in hot xylene, filtered,cooled, and the filtered solution was treated with gaseous hydrogenchloride. This caused the formation of a xylene-insoluble phase whichwas separated and discarded. On standing overnight, a solid suspensionappeared in the xylene liquor. More hydrogen chloride was passed intothe liquor, and the solid which separated was washed with pentane anddissolved in methylene chloride. The resulting solution was neutralizedwith aqueous sodium hydroxide. The solvent was evaporated from theproduct, and the latter was recrystallized from dimethyl formamide andthen from isobutyl alcohol. It melted at 123.5 to 125 C. Ultimateanalysis showed it to be a secondary diamine, free from primary aminegroups, and to conform to the formula C Cl NH(CH NHC,Cl orbis-(N-pentachlorophenyl) hexamethylene diamine.

Example 11 N-pentachlorophenyl dimethylamine was prepared by heating 50grams of hexachlorobenzene and 250 ml. of dimethylamine in a glass-linedpressure vessel at C. for about 2 hours. The vessel was cooled and thesolid product was washed with dilute hydrochloric acid and with water.It melted in contact with hot water. On recrystallization from methanol,a 69 percent yield of N-pentachlorophenyl dimethylamine was obtained,melting at 54-55 C.

Example 12 Fifty grams of hexachlorobenzene was heated for 18 hours with100 ml. of diamylamine at temperatures from C. to the boiling point(about 205 C.) of the amine at atmospheric pressure. The mixture wascooled and extracted with acetone, to I r "benzene undissolved. Theextract was freedfrom acetone and .extracted again with n-propanol. Theamine product leave .unreacted hexachlororecovered from the propanolsolution was a liquid having the following analysis Example 13Pentachloroaniline was prepared by heating 100 grams hexachlorobenzeneand 350 ml. of liquid ammonia to 200 C. in a stainless steel pressurevessel for one, hour.

Theexcess ammonia was then vented and the solid product was treated with600 ml. of'hot concentrated sulfuric acid, cooled, filtered to removeunreacted hexachlorobenzene, and diluted to 3 liters with water. The

so precipitatedpentachloroaniline' was washed withwater,

dried and recrystallized from acetone. Its properties agreed with thoserecorded in the literature. The product weighed 47.7 grams, representinga conversion of 51 percent of the original charge of hexachlorobenzene.The yield, aftercrediting recovered hexachlorobenzene, was

nearly theoretical. In a series of runs of shorter duration, theproportion of hexachlorobenzene converted to pentae chloroaniline variedin the following manner. Each run was made for 20 minutes at 200 C. Onerun was uncatalyzed, while one used 0.9 percent ferric chloride and oneused 1 per cent cuprous chloride, based on the weight of'hexachlorobenzene.

Percent conversion Catalyst: in 20 minutes None 19.4 Ferric chloride33.5

Cuprous chloride 47.8

Example 14 One hundred sixty-four grams of hexachlorobenzene, 4515 ml.of mixed xylenes and 455 ml. of 28 percent aqueous ammonia were heatedin a closed vessel with agitation at a temperature of 215 C. for aperiod of 24 hours. After cooling to room temperature, the contents ofthe vessel were removed and filtered. The aqueous filtrate was discardedand the solid residue and Xylene phase were taken up in 1100 ml. ofboiling perchloroethylene. The hot solution was decolorized withcharcoal which was then removedby' filtration and washed with 100- ml.of hot perchloroethylene. The filtrate and washing were combined andwhen cooled and partially evaporated, yielded 128 grams of crystallinepentachloroaniline, free from unreacted hexachlorobenzene.

Example 15 Example 16 Five grams of hexachlorobenzene and 20 ml. of2-phen ylethylamine were heated to 185 C., slightly below the boilingpoint (195 C.) of the amine, for about 2 hours. After dilution withwater, washing with acid, extraction with methylene chloride andneutralization with alkali, a

clear amber liquid was obtained which gave the reacti'o'ns of asecondary amine. There'was too little-remaining liquid for an accurateboiling point determination. The

yield was estimated at about 50 percent. The preparations reported inthe several example (except'Example 14) were allmade in substantiallyanhydrous media, and such operation is preferred. In most cases, themedium was an excess of the amine reagent.

In Example l4'the reagent was supplied as aqueous ammonia and thereaction took place in an inert hydrocarbon.

It is not essential to use an anhydrous reagent or an organic solvent asit has been found that aqueous solutions of ammonia or the variouswater-soluble amines react with 'hexachlorobenzene to form the describedproducts, but that longer reaction times, or slightly higher reactiontemperatures, or both, are needed to give good yields. Thus, for thesame conversion in equivalent time, aqua ammonia requires a reactiontemperature near 250 C. as compared with the 200 C. used in Example 13.When ethylene diamine and hexamethylene diamine were used in 70 percentaqueous solution, temperatures-of 150-190 C. were found more desirablethan the120 130 C. temperatures shown to be satisfactory in Examples 1,9 and 10. Inert media which may be "used include benzene serieshydrocarbons and perchloroethylene. 1

The lowest temperatureat which the most reactive amines reactsignificantly with hexachlorobenzene is about 75 C. Temperatures muchabove 250 C. should not be maintained for any prolonged period, as theylead to thermal decomposition of reagents or products. The process iscarried out most conveniently at atmospheric pressure when using amineshaving boiling points above 100 C., and at the autogenoussuperatmospheric pressure of the mixture when the reagents boil below areaction temperature.

As was shown in Example 13, the rate of reaction'is increased materiallyby carrying out the reaction in the presence of catalytic amounts ofiron or copper salts. The valence state of the iron or copper saltemployed is unimportant. It is preferred to employ the chlorides of ironor copper, to avoid contamination or solubility problems due to otheranions, since the reaction normally produces hydrogen chloride as aby-product.

Because of the formation of hydrogen chloride during the reaction, andbecause it is desirable to convert the hexachlorobenzene as fully aspossible to the pentachloroaniline product, it is most convenient to usea-significant molecular excess of the amine, to absorb hydrogen chlorideand. to drive the reaction toward completion. If

desired, other alkaline materials may be used for the is exfollowing thereaction with concentrated sulfuric acid either at ambient or elevatedtemperatures. The unreacted hexachlorobenzene, if any be present, doesnot dissolve and is readily removed by filtration. Thepentachloroaniline can then be precipitated simply by dilution withwater, although neutralization is equally as effective, and whenseparated by filtration is found to be of very high purity. In view ofthe fact that amines, including aniline, are soluble in dilute sulfuricacid, it is surprising that pentachloroaniline is not.

The reactions described herein are surprising in view of the generalinertness of hexachlorobenzene which does not react with fused causticalkalies even after several hours of contact, and is slow to react withhydrogen and oxygen at elevated temperatures.

The primary and secondary amine compounds described herein, includingthe previously known pentachloroaniline,

. are efieetive curing agentsr for epoxide resins. Thus, a resin .formedby the 1 alkali-catalysed. reaction between 4,4'-dihydroxy diphenyldimethylmethane and epichlorohydrin can be converted to an infusible,insoluble product I by mixing. with it from 0.5 to 2 percent of one ofthe primaryor secondary amines and heating the mixture, .suitablyin amold, to a temperature, of the order of 50 to 150 .C. for a periodcorrespondinglyfrom 4 hours to .15 minutes.

The new, N-substituted pentachloroanilines and ringsubstituted alkyltetrachloroanilines, except for the mono- .N-methyl pentachlorocompound, are compatible with and ,serve as stabilizers for polyvinylchloride and polyvinylidene chloride compositions. For this purpose,small it amounts, of the order of 0.5 to 5 percent of the weight ofpolymer, aresufiicient.

,ill-etr'ects on the polymeric compositions, and several of ,the newcompounds have a plasticizing efiect. These include, as preferredexamples, N-pentachlorophenyl n- Larger proportions have no octylamineand N-pentachlorophcnyl (Z-ethyDhexylamine.

I claim:

1. The method which comprises heating to a reaction temperature in therange from 75 C. to 25 0 C. a mixture consisting essentially of apolychlorohydrocarbon compound from the group consisting ofhexachlorobenzene and ,monoalkyl. pentachlorobenzenes wherein, the alkylgroup contains from 1 to .8 carbon atoms, and at least an'equirnolaramountof a nitrogen compound from the group consisting of ammonia,monoand dialkylamines 1 having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms in each alkylgroup, -allylamine, monoand dialkanolamines having from 2 to 3 carbonatoms in each alkanol group, alkanolamino- 1 alkylamines having from 2to .3 carbon atoms in the alkanol: group and from 2 to 3 carbon atoms.in.the

alkylamine group, polymethylene diamines having from ,2 to 6 carbonatoms, benzylamine and phenethylamines,

, the reaction being carried out at a pressure sutficient to preventloss by vaporization of the nitrogen compound while maintaining vareaction temperature in said range until a signficant conversion of thepolychlorohydrocarbon to a polychloro-arylamine compound occurs,substantially U freeing the reaction mixture from unchanged reagents,and

recovering the polychloro-arylamine compound.

2. The method which comprises heating to a reaction temperature in therange from 75 C. to 250 C. a mixture consisting essentially ofhexachlorobenzene and at least M an equimolar amount of a nitrogencompound item the group consisting of ammonia, monoand dialkylamineshaving from 1 to 8 carbon atoms in each alkyl group, allylamine, monoanddialkanolamines having from 2 to 3 carbon atoms in each alkanol group,alkanolaminoalkylarnines having from 2 to 3 carbon atoms in the alkanolgroup and from 2 to 3 carbon atoms in the alkylamine group.polymethylene diamines having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, benzylarnine andphenethylamines,

the reaction being carried out at a pressure sufficient to prevent lossby vaporization of the nitrogen compound while maintaining a reactiontemperature in said range until a significant conversion ofhexachlorobenzene to N-pentachlorophenyl amine compound occurs,substantially freeing the reaction mixture from unchanged reagents, andrecovering the N-pentachlorophenyl amine compound.

3. The method claimed in claim 2, wherein the nitrogen compound isemployed as an anhydrous reagent.

: A "4. The method claimed in claim 2, wherein the reaction is effectedin an inert liquid medium.

5. The method claimed in claim 2, wherein the reagent nitrogen compoundis employed as a water solution.

6. The method claimed in claim 2, wherein the reaction is carried out incontact with a catalyst from the group consisting of the chlorides ofiron and copper.

7. The method claimed in claim 2, wherein the reagent nitrogen compoundis one having a boiling point at atmos I pheric pressure of from 100 to200 C., and the reaction 12. The method claimed in claim 2, wherein thereagent nitrogen compound is ammonia and the product ispentachloroaniline.

13. The method claimed in claim 2, wherein the reagent nitrogen compoundis ammonia, the product is pentachloroaniline, and thepentachloroaniline is purified by dissolving the crude reaction mixturein concentrated sulfuric acid, filtering to remove unchangedhexachlorobenzene, and recovering the pentachloroaniline from the acidfiltrate by reducing the acid concentration thereof.

14. As a new chemical compound, a member of the group consisting ofN-pentachlorophenyl monoand dialkylamines in which each alkyl groupcontains from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and there are at least 2 alkyl carbonatoms in the compound, N-pentachlorophenyl allylamine,

1 N-pentachlorophenyl monoand dialkanolamines in which each alkanolgroup has from 2 to 3 carbon atoms, N- pentachlorophenylalkanolaminoalkylamines in which each alkanol group has from 2 to 3carbon atoms and each alkylamine group has from 2 to 3 carbon atoms,mono-N- pentachlorophenyl polymethylene diamines in which thepolymethylene group has from 2to 6 carbon atoms,

bis(N-pentachlorophenyl) polymethylene diamines in which thepolymethylene group contains from 3 to 6 carbon atoms,N-pentachlorophenyl benzylamine, N-

pentachlorophenyl phenethylamines, and the corresponding monoalkyltetrachlorophenyl amine compounds in which the alkyl group is attachedto the benzene ring and contains from 1 to 8 carbon atoms.

15. N-pentachlorophcnyl ethylene diamine. 16. N-pentachlorophenylallylamine.

17. N-pentachlorophenyl monoethanolamine. 18. N-pentachlorophenyln-octylamine.

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1. THE METHOD WHICH COMPRISES HEATING TO A REACTION TEMPERATURE IN THERANGE FROM 75*C. TO 250*C. A MIXTURE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF APOLYCHLOROHYDROCARBON COMPOUND FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OFHEXACHLOROBENZENE AND MONOALKYL PENTACHLOROBENZENES WHEREIN THE ALKYLGROUP CONTAINS FROM 1 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS, AND AT LEAST AN EQUIMOLARAMOUNT OF A NITROGEN COMPOUND FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AMMONIA,MONO- AND DIALKYLAMINES HAVING FROM 1 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS IN EACH ALKYLGROUP, ALLYLAMINE, MONO- AND DIALKANOLAMINES HAVING FROM 2 TO 3 CARBONATOMS IN EACH ALKANOL GROUP, ALKANOLAMINOALKYLAMINES HAVING FROM 2 TO 3CARBON ATOMS IN THE ALKANOL GROUP AND FROM 2 TO 3 CARBON ATOMS IN THEALKYLAMINE GOUP, PLYMETHYLENE DIAMMINES HAVING FROM 2 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS,BENZYLAMINE AND PHENETHYLAMINES, THE REACTION BEING CARRIED OUT AT APRESSURE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT LOSS BY VAPORIZATION OF THE NITROGENCOMPOUND WHILE MAINTAINING A REACTION TEMPERATURE IN SAID RANGE UNTIL ASIGNIFICANT CONVERSION OF THE POLYCHLOROHYDROCARBON TO APOLYCHLORO-ARYLAMINE COMPOUND OCCURS, SUBSTANTIALLY FREEING THE REACTIONMIXTURE FROM UNCHANGED REAGENTS, AND RECOVERING THE POLYCHLORO-ARYLAMINECOMPOUND.
 14. AS A NEW CHEMICAL COMPOUND, A MEMBER OF THE GROUPCONSISTING OF N-PENTACHLOROPHENYL MONO- AND DIALKYLAMINES IN WHICH EACHALKYL GROUP CONTAINS FROM 1 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS AND THERE ARE AT LEAST 2ALKYL CARBON ATOMS IN THE COMPOUND, N-PENTACHLOROPHENYL ALLYLAMINE,N-PENTACHLOROPHENYL MONO- AND DIALKANOLAMINES IN WHICH EACH ALKANOLGROUP HAS FROM 2 TO 3 CARBON ATOMS, NPENTACHLOROPHENYLALKANOLAMINOALKYLAMINES IN WHICH EACH ALKANOL GROUP HAS FROM 2 TO 3CARBON ATOMS AND EACH ALKYLAMINE GROUPS HAS FROM 2 TO 3 CARBON ATOMS,MONO-NPENTACHLOROPHENYL POLYMETHYLENE DIAMINES IN WHICH THEPOLYMETHYLENE GROUP HAS FROM 2 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS,BIS(N-PENTACHLOROPHENYL) POLYMETHYLENE DIAMINES IN WHICH THEPOLYMETHYLENE GROUP CONTAINS FROM 3 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS,N-PENTACHLOROPHENYL BENZYLAMINE, NPENTACHLOROPHENYL PHENETHYLAMINES, ANDTHE CORRESPONDING MONOALKYL TETRACHLOROPHENYL AMINE COMPOUNDS IN WHICHTHE ALKYL GROUP IS ATTACHED TO THE BENZENE RING AND CONTAINS FROM 1 TO 8CARBON ATOMS.